Okay, I’ll admit it. I fell for the Twilight series….. Yes I know it’s a teen romance series… Yes I know there are Vampires and Werewolves… And yes, again, I know that I should be too old for these books… But still… I love them.
I know, I know…
I wasn’t going to read them… But then my friend Meagan said that they were really good… Then Sarah said they were good… And…. I had to see what all the hype is about (I am after all a huge Harry Potter fan/nerd so this is right up my ally right?).
The books are about (and told through the eyes of) Bella (a girl still in high school) who falls in love with Edward (a vampire) and the books follow all the trouble that Bella gets into… Trouble that no “normal” human would get into.
It’s been just under two weeks since I started the first book, and two days ago… I finished the fourth, and final book. I don’t know how to explain why I like them so much… The story pulls me in though, and I really do enjoy the writing style. The pictures painted in my mind by Stephanie Meyer are so detailed. I love how things in this world are explained, for instance, this exchange between Bella and Edward in the first book, is one of my favorites in the series (and after looking around on the internet, I’m not the only one who loves these lines). It starts with Edward speaking…
” You see, every person smells different, has a different essence. If you locked an alcoholic in a room full of stale beer, he’d gladly drink it. But he could resist, if he wished to, if he were a recovering alcoholic. Now let’s say you placed in that room a glass of hundred-year-old brandy, the rarest, finest cognac – and filled the room with its warm aroma – how do you think he would fare then?”
We sat silently, looking at each others eyes – trying to read each other’s thoguhts.
He broke the silence first.
“Maybe that’s not the right comparison. Maybe it would be too easy to turn down the brandy. Perhaps I should have made our alcoholic a heroin addict instead.”
“So what your saying is, I’m your brand of heroin?” I teased, trying to lighten the mood.
He smiled swiftly, seeming to appreciate my effort. “Yes, you are exactly my brand of heroin.”
I think there is something to the Twilight series… I love the books. I think they are wonderful.
You don’t have to… But I do…
Now that I’ve finished the books, I’ll miss Bella, Edward, and all of the others… I find after reading a series like this… It’s hard to start a new book. I’ll miss the characters from these books, and wonder what would have come next for them… All good things must come to an end.
Even if it was just a Teen Series… Yeah, I know.
